Uganda Offers to Welcome Qaddafi in Asylum, Then Denies It

"So we have soft spots for asylum seekers. Gadhafi would be allowed to live here if he chooses to do so."

---Tamale Mirundi, the spokesperson for Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, reported by the AP. Museveni later dismissed the reports as "utter rubbish", according to Uganda paper, The Daily Monitor. The AP asserts that an "intense diplomatic effort" is underway to find a place for Qaddafi to seek asylum as the NATO coalition continues to intervene in Libya.

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Eli Rosenberg is a writer in Washington, D.C. whose work has appeared on Esquire.com, Salon, and The Onion's A.V. Club.